Joe Root Parents: Meet Matt Root & Helen Root

Joe Root is the eldest son of Helen and Matt Root and grew up in Dore, Sheffield. His younger brother, Billy plays cricket for Glamorgan.

Root followed in his father’s footsteps by joining Sheffield Collegiate CC in Abbeydale Park. Former Yorkshire batter and England captain Michael Vaughan also piled his trade at Collegiate and was a source of inspiration for Root, who became a protege of his.

A right-handed batsman, Root originally played as an opener but has played the majority of his cricket for England in the middle order. He is England’s second-highest run scorer in Tests behind Alastair Cook and England’s second-highest run scorer in ODIs behind Eoin Morgan.

During the rescheduled 5th Test against India, Root scored the winning runs with his unbeaten 142. He finished the series with over 700 runs in five Tests. In July 2022, Root was named in England’s ODI and Test squads for the South African cricket team in England in 2022. In the Test series, he scored a total of 46 runs in 4 innings.